Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
    51
    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
    90
    At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
    29
    Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand.
    85
    Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
    433
    Lars Andersen has rediscovered an ancient form of archery that allows him to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, while it takes others 13-35 seconds. He is even faster than the fictional archer Legolas in the Lord of the Rings series.
    17
    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
    59
    The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
    -53